Bass, Berry & Sims was named a winner in three categories at the recently held The M&A Atlas Awards hosted by Global M&A Network. The annual awards recognize the accomplished leaders, dealmakers, outstanding firms and the best-value creating transactions of the year. The awards were held December 9 in New York City.
Bass, Berry & Sims was honored with the following awards:
Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year – Large where our team advised Hibbett, Inc. in the acquisition by JD Sports Fashion for $1.1 billion. This deal was also recognized as a winner by The M&A Advisor in the M&A Deal of the Year ($1B to $5B) category at the 2025 International M&A Awards. Learn more about this international deal at this link.
U.S. A. Buyout Deal of the Year – Middle Markets for our work representing private equity firm LFM Capital in the acquisition of Tuttle, Inc. and Southern Tooling, Inc. to collectively form an automation solutions platform, American Automation Group. Details about this transaction can be found here.
Financial Tech Deal of the Year for the firm’s work representing i3 Verticals in the sale of its merchant services business to Payroc WorldAccess, LLC for approximately $440 million. Read more about this acquisition here.
As noted in the press release issued by Global M&A Network, Shanta Kumari, CEO and Global Group Editor said “We honored illustrious leaders, best performing firms, deals and dealmakers, who exemplify excellence from the transactional communities. We value their participation and wish them continued success for the year to follow.” More details and the full list of winners can be found in the news release, Global & USA Congratulations Winners Circle.
About the Bass, Berry & Sims Corporate & Securities Practice
Bass, Berry & Sims was recently recognized by several leading industry outlets for its private equity (PE) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals. Among the recent recognitions, the firm climbed the league tables in healthcare and several additional strategic areas and received several new rankings by PitchBook for its work through the first half of 2025. For example, the firm was ranked #5 most active in healthcare private equity transactions and #12 most active in U.S. M&A transactions representing investors by PitchBook for work through the first half of 2025. To read more about these recent accolades, click here.